It’s been a long journey back from hurricane Matthew for the people of Daufuskie Island.

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The entire island has been working together during the recovery process.

The people at Haig Point, though are taking volunteering to a whole new level

Like all of a Daufuskie Island, the Haig Point community suffered serious damage after Hurricane Matthew.

"It took two guys with a bobcat and two chain saws eight hours to get from Haig Point to Bloody Point," said Mike Loftus, Daufuskie Island resident. "They had to cut their way through."

Clean up is a daunting task.. Now three weeks later, there are still visible signs of Matthew’s fury, but things are getting better. The cleanup, continuing.

"It’s really been a team effort," said Joe Woodward, Haig Point Volunteer team. "A lot of people meeting people they haven’t met before, it’s been a wonderful, wonderful experience."

Those complete strangers ranging in age from 17-70 doing what they can to help out their fellow neighbor.

"We have multiple teams," added Woodward. "We meet everyday at 6:00 and we divide up into teams and we have priorities, my team has been working it’s way around forest lake, right now today, we’re at one of our neighbors that had 30 different trees falling during the hurricane."

Of course.. All of this clean up can lead to a pretty healthy appetite.. So the folks at Haig Point have also teamed up to provide free lunches to the volunteers.

"We have members that are stepping up to pay for the lunch because they can’t be out with the rest of the workers dragging limbs and cutting trees," Tammy Kelly, Haig Point Volunteer Lunch Program. "So their way of offering help was to pay for lunch."

This volunteer feeding program on Haig Point has been going on for three weeks now and they expect it to continue at least another couple of weeks.

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LIKE ALL OF A DAUFUSKIE
ISLAND, THE HAIG POINT
COMMUNITY SUFFERED SERIOUS
DAMAGE AFTER HURRICANE MATTHEW.
"IT TOOK TWO GUYS WITH A
BOBCAT AND TWO CHAIN SAWS
EIGHT HOURS TO GET FROM HAIG
POINT TO BLOODY POINT, THEY
HAD TO CUT THEIR WAY THROUGH."
CLEAN UP IS A DAUNTING TASK...
NOW THREE WEEKS LATER, THERE
ARE STILL VISIBLE SIGNS OF
MATTHEW'S FURY, BUT THINGS ARE
GETTING BETTER..THE CLEANUP,
CONTINUING"IT'S REALLY BEEN A
TEAM EFFORT, A LOT OF PEOPLE
MEETING PEOPLE THEY HAVEN'T
MET BEFORE, IT'S BEEN A
WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL
EXPERIENCE." THOSE COMPLETE
STRANGERS RANGING IN AGE FROM
17-70 DOING WHAT THEY CAN TO
HELP OUT THEIR FELLOW NEIGHBOR.
"WE HAVE MULTIPLE TEAMS, WE
MEET EVERYDAY AT 6:00 AND WE
DIVIDE UP INTO TEAMS AND WE
HAVE PRIORITIES, MY TEAM HAS
BEEN WORKING IT'S WAY AROUND
FOREST LAKE, RIGHT NOW TODAY,
WE'RE AT ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORS
THAT HAD 30 DIFFERENT TREES
FALLING DURING THE HURRICANE."
OF COURSE..ALL OF THIS CLEAN
UP CAN LEAD TO A PRETTY
HEALTHY APPETITE..SO THE FOLKS
AT HAIG POINT HAVE ALSO TEAMED
UP TO PROVIDE FREE LUNCHES TO
THE VOLUNTEERS."WE HAVE
MEMBERS THAT ARE STEPPING UP
TO PAY FOR THE LUNCH BECAUSE
THEY CAN'T BE OUT WITH THE
REST OF THE WORKERS DRAGGING
LIMBS AND CUTTING TREES, SO
THEIR WAY OF OFFERING HELP WAS
TO PAY FOR LUNCH." THIS
VOLUNTEER FEEDING PROGRAM ON
HAIG POINT HAS BEEN GOING ON
FOR THREE WEEKS NOW AND THEY
EXPECT IT TO CONTINUE AT LEAST
ANOTHER COUPLE OF WEEKS. ON
DAUFUSKIE ISLAND AT HAIG
POINT, I'M DAVE WILLIAMS, WJCL
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